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now with jobs gone, apple watchers wonder if others will think twice before going to work for apple with steve jobs no longer there. given its very large percentage of the
now with jobs gone, apple watchers wonder if others will think twice before going to work for apple with steve jobs no longer there. given its very large percentage of the
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and apple, down again below 400 bucks. earnings next week, but apple down nearly 3% right now at 391 bucks. guys, back to you. >> lowest since december of '11. thanks, josh. see you later. ubs chairman axel vaber says he thinks investors are in a state of uncertainty. maria bartiromo sat down with mr. vaber in this exclusive interview. >> dr. axel, good to have you on the program. thanks so much for joining us once again. >> a pleasure. >> are you seeing a change in terms of investor attitudes towards capital markets, towards equities in particular, given the fact that recently we've seen a little volatility in the market. are you seeing clients change their strategies? >> well, very clearly, clients at the moment are very uncertain. so i would say we're seeing it pretty much a hands-off period in the market again. january, february, was pretty good in that sense, that the market was actually still running well, but march was more difficult for everyone. so clients are, at the moment, still in a high degree of uncertainty.
and apple, down again below 400 bucks. earnings next week, but apple down nearly 3% right now at 391 bucks. guys, back to you. >> lowest since december of '11. thanks, josh. see you later. ubs chairman axel vaber says he thinks investors are in a state of uncertainty. maria bartiromo sat down with mr. vaber in this exclusive interview. >> dr. axel, good to have you on the program. thanks so much for joining us once again. >> a pleasure. >> are you seeing a change in...
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apple stockholders. there are two groups of apple stockholders. those that bought above $400, which it closed at at that. and those that bought below. if i bought apple at above $400, should i sell now and cut my losses or should hold on and wait for things to get better?. >> the problem for waiting to see things get better we don't see anything between now and the end of the year to cause it to get better. with could see some new products hit and exceed our demand forecations, and if that happens, we put that a lower probability we would expect the stock to be range-bound at best. our advice if you can't weather through the end of the year you probably want to stay on the sidelines. >> wow! so i guess the answer to the other question, if i bought below $400, i should get out now and count my blessings, right? >> basically. we've been writing about this for the last few months and taking a lot of heat from a lot of media and other sectors and the reality is that it is always difficult. we were one of the biggest bulls for ten years on apple. david
apple stockholders. there are two groups of apple stockholders. those that bought above $400, which it closed at at that. and those that bought below. if i bought apple at above $400, should i sell now and cut my losses or should hold on and wait for things to get better?. >> the problem for waiting to see things get better we don't see anything between now and the end of the year to cause it to get better. with could see some new products hit and exceed our demand forecations, and if...
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they have apple in them. that's probably why they are outperforming on the downside even more than the dow. the nasdaq now below its 50-day moving average. we're also going to be talking a lot about gold and copper to see what they are telling us when it comes to the world economy and what clues they can provide to the sell-off we're seeing today. the renewed sell-off after yesterday's rebound. here's what we're following -- golden student. it's the widowmaker of the year, but the sell-off in gold, and miners, that we'll be talking about. is it overdone? jenna godfrey will join us. bank on morgan stanley. bankers aric thatting a beating after bank of america's weak report. will morgan stanley post better results? two of our traders debate. >>> first, the top story. the sell-off returns. energy, technology, financials, industrials leading the declines. consumer staples doing poorly as well, and theoretically they should be a defensive sector. what is the way to navigate the massive moves this week? good thing
they have apple in them. that's probably why they are outperforming on the downside even more than the dow. the nasdaq now below its 50-day moving average. we're also going to be talking a lot about gold and copper to see what they are telling us when it comes to the world economy and what clues they can provide to the sell-off we're seeing today. the renewed sell-off after yesterday's rebound. here's what we're following -- golden student. it's the widowmaker of the year, but the sell-off in...
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i thought it was just apple, actually. >> yes, there is apple, but you also have at&t and yum! brands as well. >> i think we'll focus on europe. the whisper numbers for apple have gotten maybe out of control, but the market has taken so much out of it already, it's poised for upside, i think. >> the expectations are for $10.01 from an apple, but whispernumber.com says it could be as high as $10.56. >> i've heard even $11. >> there you are. we're in whisper number mode right now. thank you, all. good to see you. thanks for joining us. >>> we're headed towards the close, 50 minutes left in the trading day in what has been a wild day again. the dow is up 135 points. we were up 153 at the high of the day. >> you can see it on this chart, which is just so stunning. right after 1:00 p.m. eastern, you can see the dow plunge and snap back almost immediately after the report that, in fact, it was erroneous, that was a fake terrorism tweet from the associated press, because they were hacked. is there any way to prevent this kind of hacking, which had a huge impact on the markets today. t
i thought it was just apple, actually. >> yes, there is apple, but you also have at&t and yum! brands as well. >> i think we'll focus on europe. the whisper numbers for apple have gotten maybe out of control, but the market has taken so much out of it already, it's poised for upside, i think. >> the expectations are for $10.01 from an apple, but whispernumber.com says it could be as high as $10.56. >> i've heard even $11. >> there you are. we're in whisper...
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they do say they are working with apple to bring a full version of home to apple devices. so more work for facebook in the mobile space, but they are clearly pushing to make home available to many more people. michelle, back over to you. >> can i boil this down simply, if i have this phone with this particular software, i can do the equivalent of facetime, that's the idea? >> well, no. there's a new system called facebook home. if you have a certain android phones, htc phones or samsung phones down the line, you can download facebook home. a new type of app integrated into android software to take over the home page of your phone. when you open your phone and see all your apps, you see their friends and photos. one of the main features of home is called chatheads. basically it will allow you to chat with your friends and a little picture of their head pops up and you can chat with them, but not just in one chat app, but you can basically chat with your friends on facebook. go to buy some movie tickets and continue chatting with your friends. it will allow the chat experien
they do say they are working with apple to bring a full version of home to apple devices. so more work for facebook in the mobile space, but they are clearly pushing to make home available to many more people. michelle, back over to you. >> can i boil this down simply, if i have this phone with this particular software, i can do the equivalent of facetime, that's the idea? >> well, no. there's a new system called facebook home. if you have a certain android phones, htc phones or...
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apple has a gigantic cash hoard. over $150 a share in cash and we really are happy that they're putting that to work especially when you can buy the stock here at these very inexpensive valuations. >> we are trading at less than ten times earnings for one of america's greatest corporations and yes, i know that earnings were a little disappointing in terms of th guidance her f the next quarter, but this is a fantastic company with tremendous products and a huge, installed base of rabid customers. yes, they're going through a little bit of a product lull here now as we wait for the next big thing, and of course, that's what's on everybody's mind as we go forward. >> you've been taking some profits prior to recently. you've been buying the stock for some kientclients. if i didn't own the stocks based on your numbers and i'm not asking you to be a portfolio manager, i'm just saying, would you buy it at these prices? >> tyler, i am a portfolio manager and i would be a buyer of the stock at these prices and maybe it will p
apple has a gigantic cash hoard. over $150 a share in cash and we really are happy that they're putting that to work especially when you can buy the stock here at these very inexpensive valuations. >> we are trading at less than ten times earnings for one of america's greatest corporations and yes, i know that earnings were a little disappointing in terms of th guidance her f the next quarter, but this is a fantastic company with tremendous products and a huge, installed base of rabid...
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talk apple with me for a couple seconds here. the people who are buying apple at these levels are basing it on dividend or new product. which of those or all of the above? >> all of the above. i think you have to ask yourself has the weak june quarter been factored in? you look at estimates. there's about 46 estimates for apple. ten have been dropped for the june quarter. there's probably still more work that needs to be done to reflect what will accurately happen. >> sew haven't seen the whites of the eyes of the bulls at this point. you need to see sort of that fear just come out there and be exposed by wall street before we can get around apple here. >> you know, look. the march quarter, they did preannounce. that's not likely to be a disaster. and we know june is likely to have weakness. the data points are coming out pointing to that. you are not likely to get much new product in that time frame. but you do have more product coming in the back half of the year. >> but there were margin products and they might have to do prom
talk apple with me for a couple seconds here. the people who are buying apple at these levels are basing it on dividend or new product. which of those or all of the above? >> all of the above. i think you have to ask yourself has the weak june quarter been factored in? you look at estimates. there's about 46 estimates for apple. ten have been dropped for the june quarter. there's probably still more work that needs to be done to reflect what will accurately happen. >> sew haven't...
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apple and netflix. jon fortt, what are the three things to look for -- maybe there's 20, but give us three to look for when they report after the bell today. >> limiting me to three things. iphone unit sales, gheitance and margins. on iphone a lot of annuals are twegting between 34 and 38 million. one speed bump for the iphone potential is apple had a significant p.r. headache, when central tv blasted the company's iphone repair policies, a nonstop drumbeat of negative headlines are significant considering china was 12.5% of retch last quarter. an important side story to this report also is guidance. apple switched the way they do guidance, sake they'll give a range within which to fall in. will they come in close to the revenue as analysts expect, a little higher, that will influence how the street views june guidance. iphone mix. the more i phones apple sells, and the faster it can lower costs, the higher margins will climb. my best guest is apple will deliver up side somewhere on margins rather than
apple and netflix. jon fortt, what are the three things to look for -- maybe there's 20, but give us three to look for when they report after the bell today. >> limiting me to three things. iphone unit sales, gheitance and margins. on iphone a lot of annuals are twegting between 34 and 38 million. one speed bump for the iphone potential is apple had a significant p.r. headache, when central tv blasted the company's iphone repair policies, a nonstop drumbeat of negative headlines are...
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everybody's talking about apple. apple clearly getting all the conversation with its report after the bell tomorrow. how about the industrials tomorrow? dupont, utx, ingersoll, ak steel, those could be the tale more so than just apple? >> but domestically, we were talking about that recently. i like the names in the technology space. i don't know if you've seen this, but seems like there's been a little bit of change in the sentiment where you buy the dips. now it's sell into the rallies a little bit. >> jon najarian, how do you see things? you can talk about tech. the number of companies reporting, significant, for certain, texas instruments, amazon, qualcomm, netflix. >> yeah, i want to go back for one second. last week at this time, we were looking at the oil complex just being slaugtered. that is the opposite today. flip it around 180 degrees. all we needed was stabilization in crude oil which we seemingly got as we traded down to whatever the bottom was in the range for crude oil. as we did that, take a look at
everybody's talking about apple. apple clearly getting all the conversation with its report after the bell tomorrow. how about the industrials tomorrow? dupont, utx, ingersoll, ak steel, those could be the tale more so than just apple? >> but domestically, we were talking about that recently. i like the names in the technology space. i don't know if you've seen this, but seems like there's been a little bit of change in the sentiment where you buy the dips. now it's sell into the rallies...
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>> well, we all love apple products. the customer that you interviewed, sounds like my house at home. we have macs and ipads and the products are very intuitive. they have a great software eco system, we have come to expect innovation from apple and i think we will continue to see it in the future. you know, just because they have gone through a bit of a lull here let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. it's easy to forget that apple has generated tremendous profits and has over $130 billion on their balance sheets right now. >> it seems that their innovation has been more incremental. what do you think is their next big thing? >> hard to say. i think they will continue to innovate around the iphone and ipad products. i think we will see thinner ipads can and larger screen iphones and new things like fingerprint sensor. we have heard of them working on apple tvs and watches. i think people would use the watches while they are jogging or being at the gym. and there's a lot of people that would buy the apple tv t
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case in point is apple. at least 17 brokerages slashing their price targets today, including lazard, ubs, and alliance bernstein. i'd also mention boeing, though, today. boeing did enjoy a nice pop, maintained its full-year guidance, pleasing investors. this second group here, now, this is an interesting group of companies. these are companies that beat on the bottom line, but they missed on the top line. one name, one example would be whirlpool. the ceo actually talking to our own carl quintanilla earlier today and the ceo saying the only place internationally he saw real, true growth was china. that stock down today, but still up about 80% over the past nine months. and procter & gamble took a nasty tumble today. organic sales and guidance disappointing investors. and we'll end here on these three names. these names missed on both the bottom line and the top line. waste management. i know you two were talking to the ceo about an hour ago. i thought it was interesting when you asked him how he's going to be
case in point is apple. at least 17 brokerages slashing their price targets today, including lazard, ubs, and alliance bernstein. i'd also mention boeing, though, today. boeing did enjoy a nice pop, maintained its full-year guidance, pleasing investors. this second group here, now, this is an interesting group of companies. these are companies that beat on the bottom line, but they missed on the top line. one name, one example would be whirlpool. the ceo actually talking to our own carl...
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the big story we are following is the apple. the apple mini says sales fell nearly 30%. we will find out what the retailers are saying. we will tell you what we found out after the break. >> apple lost microsoft gain? able and a bear. you not believe what they agree on. ♪ we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, onehing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all ofhese years. ♪ >> your fox business market jack looked at your shares trading below $400 today with a new intra-day low the lowest level since december december 2011 a couple of issues weighing on the stock apple mini are expected to drop because of a lack of demand. not exactly flying off the shelves three retailers even though i a small sample size but we were told they were fully stocked
the big story we are following is the apple. the apple mini says sales fell nearly 30%. we will find out what the retailers are saying. we will tell you what we found out after the break. >> apple lost microsoft gain? able and a bear. you not believe what they agree on. ♪ we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and...
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a big launch for apple? sure, it was even bigger for hp and dell, which have seen their pc businesses implode. now there's a new reason to care about apple. cash. apple boosted its dividend to $3.05 a share. making it the biggest dividend pair in the world. the total cash return to shareholders will total $100 billion by the end of 2015. >> yes, apple is managing to lower growth expectations, it's doing so because it's now suddenly losing share. the smart phone market is not saturad, butpple finds itself losing out to more diverse and better priced android alternatives. >> reporter: tim cooke acknowledged on the call that apple's growth has slowed and its margins are coming down a bit. what's a lot less clear is weather investors will continue to embrace it as a growth stock. either way, it's going to be an important story to watch for more than just apple stockholders. for nightly business report, i'm john fort. >> later in the program, we'll look at the new strategy samsung is employing as it tries to take
a big launch for apple? sure, it was even bigger for hp and dell, which have seen their pc businesses implode. now there's a new reason to care about apple. cash. apple boosted its dividend to $3.05 a share. making it the biggest dividend pair in the world. the total cash return to shareholders will total $100 billion by the end of 2015. >> yes, apple is managing to lower growth expectations, it's doing so because it's now suddenly losing share. the smart phone market is not saturad,...
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apple would be a $1,000 stock. talking about what they called apple's unmatched asthetics. september 2012, as apple hit that record high, the mean of the 54 analysts tracking the stock was a buy with a mean price target. of course, not everybody got it wrong. once the bubble pops it goes back down to the point at which it lifted off. the question remains why did so many on the street get this one so wrong? it proved much more successful than many thought google offered a product. and then changed the market and put apple in a poor position. also, kay says analysts have a hard time calling these turns. this is due to basic behavioral investing. >> it was almost exactly 24 hours ago when we saw how much a role social media was playing in the markets. and we saw how it can be very evil. we saw the dow jones go from a gain of 135 points to negative 12 in under a minute and a half. >> an ap twitter feed has been hacked and it says breaking. two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injured. >> immediately people started trying to confirm whether or not it was actuall
apple would be a $1,000 stock. talking about what they called apple's unmatched asthetics. september 2012, as apple hit that record high, the mean of the 54 analysts tracking the stock was a buy with a mean price target. of course, not everybody got it wrong. once the bubble pops it goes back down to the point at which it lifted off. the question remains why did so many on the street get this one so wrong? it proved much more successful than many thought google offered a product. and then...
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especially with apple. if it doesn't go down, i'll eat my shoe, maybe here live. >> thank you so much for watching, see you
especially with apple. if it doesn't go down, i'll eat my shoe, maybe here live. >> thank you so much for watching, see you
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gerri: you mean apple? >> guns are a. when i was on your show in january of last year we put it on the top-10 list and got out but not at the top either. but during the break you were asking the question is there any hope for apple investors right now? and the expectations have come down. gerri: are you a buyer? >> it is still too early in my book for if you run the performance account but the for the long-term investor who can weather the dead money period it is very cheap. gerri: maybe it is cheap for a reason? >>. >> as far as the management team goes with steve jobs passing they still have to prove themselves and there is skepticism but aside from the fact that samsung eats their lunch in one area obviously they still have a pretty good compelling broad product line. gerri: and people who adore everything they put out. another impact is the rest of the market. at 1.it was so big that any little movement in the share price would swing that now is losing fat. look at the nasdaq 100 apple waves that and that nasdaq compo
gerri: you mean apple? >> guns are a. when i was on your show in january of last year we put it on the top-10 list and got out but not at the top either. but during the break you were asking the question is there any hope for apple investors right now? and the expectations have come down. gerri: are you a buyer? >> it is still too early in my book for if you run the performance account but the for the long-term investor who can weather the dead money period it is very cheap. gerri:...
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now apple tv? i think they will come out with a tv product because that is something that tim cook said. they've got an intense interest in that area. but i think that's probably coming in the summer period at some point. i think we're going to have to wait a while for a low-end phone. so i look at all of that and in the near term, the biggest excitement quite honestly is hopefully they move the dividend up when they report the quarter. better cash return. but that's kind of what i'm looking for. if they don't do that, the stock could go quite a bit lower and there is some talk that maybe they don't do the dividend when they report the quarter. >> we'll see. or repurchase. when you say "quite a bit lower," dan, what's low enough? here you compare it to rimm and nokia is a little shocking. but ere's low enough given the prospects you're outlining? >> well, but here's the thing. right? why are you guessing as to what's low enough? until the fundamentals stop getting worse -- don't forget, this compan
now apple tv? i think they will come out with a tv product because that is something that tim cook said. they've got an intense interest in that area. but i think that's probably coming in the summer period at some point. i think we're going to have to wait a while for a low-end phone. so i look at all of that and in the near term, the biggest excitement quite honestly is hopefully they move the dividend up when they report the quarter. better cash return. but that's kind of what i'm looking...
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we need to see -- you know -- apple's become those people in the apple ad, those weird apple ad at the super bowl and samsung's come along with this hammer and broke -- they're all apple executives and you need to see apple come up and say, you what? we have it. we have the holy grail which is a combination of this thing that you need and that thing you need. we'll focus the numbers and we'll focus on texas instruments. is it a numbers story? is apple just another stock and if it's another stock then maybe you should get a nine multiple and go higher, but i would like to see, look, if mcdonald's can come out with killer products, apple -- are they both technology companies? is that where we are right now? >> apple has come out with incredible products. amazing products that have changed the world. >> that was the old days and the yankees used to be -- >> the ipad is only three years old, man. come on, give them a break. >> no. the market won't give them a break. i like the product, but who am i? >> that's complicated. >> it was not a rhetorical -- you know, we're not trying to figure o
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scott mcgrew, you say apple now middle age? >> apple middle age. just like jon and i are, right? certainly not a young start-up. apple reported its profits tuesday. if you were to make one takeaway idea from this whole affair, it would be that apple has really reached middle age. the company is doing thing that is only mature companies do, like issuing dividends. in fact, on the phone call with reporters, tim cook said he wants apple to become the biggest dividend-paying company in america. young companies resist sharing their profits with investors because they've got better things to do with the money, like grow. apple said it saw its first decline in profit in ten years and iphone's sales growth were slowing. then this, ipad sales, that's good news. that's still going gangbusters. the house energy and commerce committee will hold hearings into fisker a short time from now. pictures of fisker unveiling at santana row some years ago. the last time the committee investigated a department of energy loan, it was to solyndra. house republicans are eager to embarrass the obama admini
scott mcgrew, you say apple now middle age? >> apple middle age. just like jon and i are, right? certainly not a young start-up. apple reported its profits tuesday. if you were to make one takeaway idea from this whole affair, it would be that apple has really reached middle age. the company is doing thing that is only mature companies do, like issuing dividends. in fact, on the phone call with reporters, tim cook said he wants apple to become the biggest dividend-paying company in...
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. >> an apple away may keep the doctor away but does apple the company need healing of its own? a big shareholder is here with changes he says must happen to turn the stock around. is the economy about to turn down? more weak numbers today. we'll talk the economic fate of 2013. plus if the newspaper business is dying, why are newspaper stocks flying? we're going to take you inside best buy's big new bet. mandy? >> the nasdaq is now rising around the break even mark for the month of april even though the dow and s&p are still favoritable for the month. >> i have waited a while. with a respectable amount of time. 30% of the s&p 500 has reported. look at thooes declines today. it's a big issue. let me show you the decrease in top line growth that we have seen. just a year and a half ago we were getting 10% increases in the top line. look all the way up here. look how this has decelerated. we're looking at 2.9%. if this continues we will have almost 0. the average is 61%. let me just show you what is going on today. we have got a lousy economic data out of europe. we have got all th
. >> an apple away may keep the doctor away but does apple the company need healing of its own? a big shareholder is here with changes he says must happen to turn the stock around. is the economy about to turn down? more weak numbers today. we'll talk the economic fate of 2013. plus if the newspaper business is dying, why are newspaper stocks flying? we're going to take you inside best buy's big new bet. mandy? >> the nasdaq is now rising around the break even mark for the month of...
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in today's cover story, can samsung's latest smartphone steal apple's thunder? plus, the shocking profits behind blogging from home. the true story of a dot-com mom. and, hot times in traders unplugged. the guys break down how to make money off tv and beer. first business starts now! you're watching first business: financial news, analysis, and today's investment ideas. good morning. it's friday, april 19th. i'm angela miles. in today's first look: earnings hits and misses move the market. stocks sold off on the busiest day so far of corporate profit news. the dow fell 81 points. ebay was a drag on the nasdaq, which dropped 38; the s&p declined 10. gold and oil rallied. thursday was a big night for tech earnings. ibm was a shocker - big blue had a miss. the company noted weakness in tech spending. google topped estimates - its core advertising showed growth. microsoft also did better than expected; however, window 8 sales may be moderate. also, the cfo is leaving the company. here's a good one: vertex pharma shares raced up more than 50% after the bell. the comp
in today's cover story, can samsung's latest smartphone steal apple's thunder? plus, the shocking profits behind blogging from home. the true story of a dot-com mom. and, hot times in traders unplugged. the guys break down how to make money off tv and beer. first business starts now! you're watching first business: financial news, analysis, and today's investment ideas. good morning. it's friday, april 19th. i'm angela miles. in today's first look: earnings hits and misses move the market....
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i feel like we're being too nice to apple in this segment. >> well, the advantage apple has because they've locked down the platform and they heavy liqueur rate the tore, it's much harder for a virus to get in. doesn't mean it's not impossible. you can still jailbreak the phone, and there's always the chance that something's going to bypass apple's cure ration, it's just far less likely than it is with an android phone. the safe phone is probably the blackberry because they use a programming method that compartmentalizes the components so it should be easier to secure can. but the next generation of phones that use things like deep defender may, in fact, provide at least a better solution than we have on the market right now. melissa: no, you're right, and that's why you still see a lot of government offices continue to use blackberr because it is more secure in that way you were just describing. boy, i thought you guys were going to tell me there's nothing to worry about. instead, it was quite the opposite. thanks for coming on. [laughter] i appreciate your help. >> thanks, melissa. meliss
i feel like we're being too nice to apple in this segment. >> well, the advantage apple has because they've locked down the platform and they heavy liqueur rate the tore, it's much harder for a virus to get in. doesn't mean it's not impossible. you can still jailbreak the phone, and there's always the chance that something's going to bypass apple's cure ration, it's just far less likely than it is with an android phone. the safe phone is probably the blackberry because they use a...
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this used to be apple. i am to be a -- chilling new multi page spreads, like this full disclosure i am an apple shareholder i and in deep whenever. we have the editor in chief of the tech site being out cool? immigrate timing right to? >> samsung is pouring money into marketing. creating brand new products and marketing. so they have more than one product. neil: i know that you teach don't buy everything you see in the ad but some say that is jus apple. >> the samsung galaxy s4 is a high-performance excellent phone we are excited out and we will test it out to see how good it really is but they are building upon success because coming off of the galaxy as three also the note serious -- series but talk about cool and a sexy samsung has managed to create products that people desire said galaxy tablet bigger than the iphone five that is quite a bit bigger people really like that. it is on a different platform but it doesn't matter they also marketed the heck out of this. neil: you heard the stuff about apple l
this used to be apple. i am to be a -- chilling new multi page spreads, like this full disclosure i am an apple shareholder i and in deep whenever. we have the editor in chief of the tech site being out cool? immigrate timing right to? >> samsung is pouring money into marketing. creating brand new products and marketing. so they have more than one product. neil: i know that you teach don't buy everything you see in the ad but some say that is jus apple. >> the samsung galaxy s4 is a...
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is apple? >> you have to look a little bit going forward, and apple had strong demand in china, and the number of stores opening there is actually pretty fast. they are going fast there, so that's one thing so keep an eye on international growth, but also look at the fundmental disruption apple's doing now. interesting piece of data, the increase of ipad unit sale, year on year, jives up really nicely -- increased by 8 million yiewns, that's about how much the pc market declined if you add up -- gerri: wow. >> add up hp, dell, and others. gerri: very interesting, and, yet, those profits this quarter down for the first time in ten years, and personal look at that and think it's over. new management, concerns that steve jobs is not there. what do you think? >> it's a maturing company. you see increases in dividends and buybacks. there's been a buyback authorized for ten years, done nothing with it. today, they promised to spent $60 billion just on share buybacks alone. a hundred billion at averag
is apple? >> you have to look a little bit going forward, and apple had strong demand in china, and the number of stores opening there is actually pretty fast. they are going fast there, so that's one thing so keep an eye on international growth, but also look at the fundmental disruption apple's doing now. interesting piece of data, the increase of ipad unit sale, year on year, jives up really nicely -- increased by 8 million yiewns, that's about how much the pc market declined if you...
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>> apple's decision to share cash comes in an interesting time today apple confirmed earnings dropped 18%. apple seems to be shoring up it's competence at the same time as consumers seemed to be lured away by competitors. one quarter doesn't make or break a company. but a drop does expect that margins have dropped. ceo tim cook told reporters he's frustrated but apple remains strong. apple has loyal consumers. >> when you think of a tech company what company comes to mind? >> apple. >> however, some perceptions of apple may be changing google has been very open about its foray into self driving cars and google glasses. >> this seems to dip into everything. google has kind of hit everything. >> i think google is getting justify bli a lot of credit. >> van baker tracks both companies but recognizes that google is prone to drop ideas as fast as it creates them. >> you don't know what projects goring to survive and they tend to pull the trigger on products and some projects that are quickly. >> he didn't say anything about this year. >> owning i do believe they're losing this because ther
>> apple's decision to share cash comes in an interesting time today apple confirmed earnings dropped 18%. apple seems to be shoring up it's competence at the same time as consumers seemed to be lured away by competitors. one quarter doesn't make or break a company. but a drop does expect that margins have dropped. ceo tim cook told reporters he's frustrated but apple remains strong. apple has loyal consumers. >> when you think of a tech company what company comes to mind? >>...
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in today's first look: apple's relief rally. shares of apple raced above $400 after the close. the tech company topped earnings and revenue numbers. its sales forecast was weak, but apple will return $100 billion to shareholders. it's said to be the largest dividend play in the world. federal investigators look into a hack attack of the associated press' twitter account. a fake tweet of an explosion at the white house that injured the president set off a mini flash- crash in the market. the dow dropped 145 points in a matter of seconds. the dow bounced back to rally 152 points on the all-clear. gold is down 7 dollars, oil up 18 cents. and an outtage on the charles schwab website had day traders and others complaining on twitter. the company immediately acknowleged the trouble. today could get a little crazy for traders out there. joining us now is larry shover of sfg alternatives. great to have you on the show today. i want to start by talking about that big market plunge yesterday, with the dow falling 154 points. is that completely over, or is the market still on edge? - i th
in today's first look: apple's relief rally. shares of apple raced above $400 after the close. the tech company topped earnings and revenue numbers. its sales forecast was weak, but apple will return $100 billion to shareholders. it's said to be the largest dividend play in the world. federal investigators look into a hack attack of the associated press' twitter account. a fake tweet of an explosion at the white house that injured the president set off a mini flash- crash in the market. the dow...
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it is pretty cool. >>> let's talk about apple, the big business story is going to be apple. the company reports profits. investors are in a bad mood. no matter what the quarterly numbers are, watch apple to be pessimistic about business going forward. that would be a strategic move by apple to push expectations down ward. on the market, dow industrial up 100 points. nasdaq up 23. netflix roaring ahead. millions of new subscribers. netflix bigger than hbo. up 23% this morning. it is up $41 to $215. however, that number right there, all-time high on netflix. they are not there yet. >> i remember that. bigger than hbo. kind of cool today. temperatures, i don't think so. specially if you are inland. let's check right now with meteorologist, rob mayeda in for christina. >>> you will see the numbers climbing into the 80s and upper 80s in a few spots. the areas in the orange, santa clara valley. the sea breeze will pick up as we hit toward the evening. big drop in temperatures, 60s and 70s in the bay area. >>> your commute still kicking in for this traffic tuesday. extra slowing so
it is pretty cool. >>> let's talk about apple, the big business story is going to be apple. the company reports profits. investors are in a bad mood. no matter what the quarterly numbers are, watch apple to be pessimistic about business going forward. that would be a strategic move by apple to push expectations down ward. on the market, dow industrial up 100 points. nasdaq up 23. netflix roaring ahead. millions of new subscribers. netflix bigger than hbo. up 23% this morning. it is up...
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i remember very well the question with the apple pickers. thank you for complimenting they do -- they're the ones doing the work. i know, a lot of meetings and phone calls with you and others and number of -- they did leg work and i worry about the crops too. it's a significant part of our basis. the h2, a program is open to everyone prayer and seasonal employers. we take care of apple pickers but then we have dairy farmers and senator franken and i noted that you can't tell the cows belle back in six months to milk you again. they don't react well to that. and so how would the proposed agricultural work visa legislation help seasonal and year-around workers? >> sir, i think it would definitely help in many ways. allowing for the workers not only be here around year, milk the cows. i think when you face both visa whether they come for one employer or the ability to move between employers. all of that seems veried a venn teenage use and take care of dairy farmers. when i look how the h2a works today and i see that poultry, some of the farms a
i remember very well the question with the apple pickers. thank you for complimenting they do -- they're the ones doing the work. i know, a lot of meetings and phone calls with you and others and number of -- they did leg work and i worry about the crops too. it's a significant part of our basis. the h2, a program is open to everyone prayer and seasonal employers. we take care of apple pickers but then we have dairy farmers and senator franken and i noted that you can't tell the cows belle back...
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if you like apple, live in apple's world, apple centric it has great interface. it is about 100. good for the people with a decent number of services. gerri: itune, hulu, netflix, what about roku 3. people are talking about this. >> we always like roku, probably the most content you can get. all kinds of things, amazon, netflix, hulu. it has faster process every. and interface a lot easier to use. it comes with a remote control with cool feature. it has head phone jack built into it and has headphones if someone next to you is reading a book. gerri: i like that. there is roku stick. tell us about that. >> this is more of a niche product. it looks like a flash drive that plugs into the back of certain kind of hdmi input called mhl. so you need an mhl enabled tv. gerri: i feel v.mart. >> it gives you a lot of what row cue does but very small form factor. gerri: that is real cool. boxy cloud dvr? never heard of it. >> they renamed the device. two cool things about this. it allows you to get free over the air content. and some cable content. it comes with a antenna for cord cutters t
if you like apple, live in apple's world, apple centric it has great interface. it is about 100. good for the people with a decent number of services. gerri: itune, hulu, netflix, what about roku 3. people are talking about this. >> we always like roku, probably the most content you can get. all kinds of things, amazon, netflix, hulu. it has faster process every. and interface a lot easier to use. it comes with a remote control with cool feature. it has head phone jack built into it and...
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let's talk apple first. what do you think about the dive in apple? >> you know i'm not surprised to see it because the problem with apple it has been way too quiet recently. we need to see innovation and need to see products in the market. htc and samsung releasing their major flagships now. samsung came out yesterday. seven major carriers in the united states. that is huge. galaxy s4 will sell like gangbusters. galaxy line has always been great. what will happen he will do? will it make an incremental upgrade with the apple iphone 5 s or the ipad? we need a big change. itv or i watch, we want to see something big. melissa: we talked about apple missing earnings because they were always the king of sandbagging, managing expectations. >> we saw it last quarter. melissa: so is that a real sign of the decline in the company, that they can't even stick to that strategy? >> yeah i do think so but tim cook did say i would be more in line and give more accurate estimate in the future so that doesn't happen as often as it does or at least last quarter. so i
let's talk apple first. what do you think about the dive in apple? >> you know i'm not surprised to see it because the problem with apple it has been way too quiet recently. we need to see innovation and need to see products in the market. htc and samsung releasing their major flagships now. samsung came out yesterday. seven major carriers in the united states. that is huge. galaxy s4 will sell like gangbusters. galaxy line has always been great. what will happen he will do? will it make...
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apple shares on a slide for a week now. investors would like a little goose, something that says, yeah, we're still the innovative company everyone loves so much. apple reports its profits tuesday. they no doubt will report they made suitcases full of cash. a small hint of something ahead. some sort of idea as to what apple might have in the pipeline could help that stock more than anything else. back to you. >> all right, scott. thank you very much. meteorologist krchristina loren has the day off. i hope she's enjoying sunshine. >> take you to san jose. the sky didn't change at all. live camera to live camera. areas south of san jose will probably climb into the low- to mid-90s by 3:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. already now near 80 degrees, fairfield, concord, livermore, pleasanton, san francisco 67, 72 in oakland. notice the immediate coastline, areas south of santa cruz later on this afternoon, watching for low clouds to creep up the coast which will eventually hint at cooler changes come tomorrow. comparing right now to 2
apple shares on a slide for a week now. investors would like a little goose, something that says, yeah, we're still the innovative company everyone loves so much. apple reports its profits tuesday. they no doubt will report they made suitcases full of cash. a small hint of something ahead. some sort of idea as to what apple might have in the pipeline could help that stock more than anything else. back to you. >> all right, scott. thank you very much. meteorologist krchristina loren has...
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and now there is apple. the stock below that key $400. >> america's most favorite stock continues to get sliced, lowering their price target on the stock. it will likely outgrow apple this year. let's get you caught up on where it stands. its lowest level in a . backyou. >> let's take a look at morgan stanley. it has been losing ground as well. right now it is trading at or near its lows of the trading session, down 3 and 3.75%. the investment banks saying that revenues fell 40% in the first quarter. a much sharper decline than goldman sachs or jp morgan simon? >> let's have a look at shares, the revenue overall. >> united health care is in negative territory. medical costs, upsetting enrollment fuelled revenue gains. they expect budget cuts to pressure performance. >> tiler is on vacation. let's take a look at the gun stocks. they have been moving higher. all failed to get the 60 votes needed. president obama reacted with disdain over the vote. >> this was a pretty shameful day for washington. but this effo
and now there is apple. the stock below that key $400. >> america's most favorite stock continues to get sliced, lowering their price target on the stock. it will likely outgrow apple this year. let's get you caught up on where it stands. its lowest level in a . backyou. >> let's take a look at morgan stanley. it has been losing ground as well. right now it is trading at or near its lows of the trading session, down 3 and 3.75%. the investment banks saying that revenues fell 40% in...
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you've been following apple for a long time. there is a lot to sink our teeth into here with apple. what do uuthink about this? because adam shapiro was painting a pretty rosy picture. i think the stock is jumping a lot on increase in the dividend, 15% we're looking at increase in the share buyback program, blowing it out to $100 billion. that was an incree of 50 billion. i don't, there is bad news in there too, right? >> sure. there was some bad news in that they are significantly lowering revenue and earnings guidance for the next quarter from what wall street had been expecting. melissa: right. >> that shouldn't please anybody. i think all of the increase is attributable to the increase in the cash they plan to return to shareholders. melissa: yeah. >> there is wonky point that adam didn't mention which is they mentioned in their earnings release they are going to take on debt although they haven't said yet how much and exactly how they're going to do that. this is very significant for apple watchers because steve jobs hated debt. and the fact that they're going to do this tells
you've been following apple for a long time. there is a lot to sink our teeth into here with apple. what do uuthink about this? because adam shapiro was painting a pretty rosy picture. i think the stock is jumping a lot on increase in the dividend, 15% we're looking at increase in the share buyback program, blowing it out to $100 billion. that was an incree of 50 billion. i don't, there is bad news in there too, right? >> sure. there was some bad news in that they are significantly...
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so i think two things on apple. on the positive side, they did a very significant return of cash to shareholders at the very high end, i think of where investors were hoping. and all else being equal, that was a positive. on the flip side, there was evidence of gross margin pressure in the quarter. they were down sequentially, and the company guided for gross margins to go down again sequentially next quarter. and this is worrisome, because apple is at the part of its product cycles where it's introduced new products where typically gross margins should be improving. so to see margins down, even adjusting for mixed effects, we believe iphone margins were down in the quarter, is worrisome. and it points to, you know, a mix shift to lower models within apple's lineup, which generally have lower margins. and, you know, ultimately, micros margins numbers came down and my estimates came down and my price target came down commensurately. >> but your rating remains outperform, right? you're still telling people you think i
so i think two things on apple. on the positive side, they did a very significant return of cash to shareholders at the very high end, i think of where investors were hoping. and all else being equal, that was a positive. on the flip side, there was evidence of gross margin pressure in the quarter. they were down sequentially, and the company guided for gross margins to go down again sequentially next quarter. and this is worrisome, because apple is at the part of its product cycles where it's...
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apple's revenue in this quarter investors starting to wonder how does apple maintain this momentum and dominance, the tabloid market don't dominate smart phone market but still number one. liz: you were watching this as well. in the aftermarket session stock skyrocketed. how many people looked at that and 7 missed my chance and you didn't. >> we were down $400, but you have -- tim cook saying we will have the new grrat products. he didn't say the date but coming in the fall. they didn't know what it would be but i apple always seems to deliver that product people seem to love. they did again this might be a great buying opportunity. liz: i know grown-ups love them too. closing bell ringing in 29 minutes, new home construction topped 1 million units in march for the first time in five years. how is building supply company usg corp. benefiting? they make a lot of sheet rock could go into construction? the usg corp. chairman and ceo joining is a fox business exclusive on that next and in the wake of yesterday's twitter hacking the ap, here's a look at the most regrettable tweets over the
apple's revenue in this quarter investors starting to wonder how does apple maintain this momentum and dominance, the tabloid market don't dominate smart phone market but still number one. liz: you were watching this as well. in the aftermarket session stock skyrocketed. how many people looked at that and 7 missed my chance and you didn't. >> we were down $400, but you have -- tim cook saying we will have the new grrat products. he didn't say the date but coming in the fall. they didn't...
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. >> and then, how about apple? hovering around $400 a share, failing to impress shareholders with t earnings last night. but is wall street just overreacting to what is still a very profitable, strong company? >> tim cook admits, they are a mature technology company. doesn't make them a bad company, though, right? >> but does it make them valued at 700? >> that's the question. >> just how big a threat are the hacks like we saw at that fake ap tweet yesterday to the market's integrity. cfte commissioner bart shulton weighs in on that. he wrote an op-ed piece today and we'll get his comments, coming up. >> the dow jones industrial average down just a fraction. been a negative day all day, but we are off of the worst levels, 14,712, last trade of the blue chip average. nasdaq looks like this, highest level of the day. in positive territory, keeping in positive territory with a gain of about seven points but a quarter of a percent. s&p 500 looks like this, similar chart pattern as the nasdaq, where it too hovers a to t
. >> and then, how about apple? hovering around $400 a share, failing to impress shareholders with t earnings last night. but is wall street just overreacting to what is still a very profitable, strong company? >> tim cook admits, they are a mature technology company. doesn't make them a bad company, though, right? >> but does it make them valued at 700? >> that's the question. >> just how big a threat are the hacks like we saw at that fake ap tweet yesterday to...
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i don't see apple breaching this. you have got to take into consideration that they still have that $137 billion in cash. they are going to pick up probably another $13 billion this year, up to $150. if they do anything with their cash at any point in time - buying netflix, stock purchase plan, or a huge dividend, the stock cost $50 in a heartbeat. but, if you look at the daily chart, i talked about it in my trading room, $419, it looked like it wasn't going to go lower - it broke it in a heartbeat. then it broke $400. on friday, the futures were up 5.5 points, apple was down $5.50 on the opening. every $1.10 apple moves is $1 billion in market cap. - traditionally apple rallies ahead of earnings. earnings are coming up on tuesday. what do you think? will we get a rally here? - i don't think we will get a rally. i like to look at the at-the-money straddles that are implying a $30 move in apple. that takes it down to that $370 level, or up to $430. i think they need to say something about the cash. show me a stock purc
i don't see apple breaching this. you have got to take into consideration that they still have that $137 billion in cash. they are going to pick up probably another $13 billion this year, up to $150. if they do anything with their cash at any point in time - buying netflix, stock purchase plan, or a huge dividend, the stock cost $50 in a heartbeat. but, if you look at the daily chart, i talked about it in my trading room, $419, it looked like it wasn't going to go lower - it broke it in a...